Saturday, October 3, 2015

After each mass shooting, gun control activists, bereaved parents and
lawmakers reissue a call for more restrictive gun control laws.
However, eight years after the shooting at Virginia Tech University that
killed 32 and two years after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary
that left 27 dead, Congress has not enacted substantial legislative
changes.

The latest mass shooting in Oregon on Thursday again raises the issue of gun control and why efforts to pass gun law reforms have failed.

A simple reason is, perhaps, money. In 2015, the gun rights lobby outspent the gun control lobby about 6 to 1.

A 26-year-old gunman singled out Christians for slaughter during a rampage at an Oregon community college Thursday, leaving at least 9 people dead and many more wounded, survivors and authorities said.

“The shooter was lining people up and asking if they were Christian,” tweeted “@bodhilooney,” who said her grandmother was inside the Umpqua Community College classroom that was the scene of the 10:40 a.m. carnage.

“If they said yes, then they were shot in the head. If they said no, or didn’t answer, they were shot in the legs.”

Here is another example of
New Jersey shooting itself in the foot. A gun owner actually in the
process of moving out of state and got arrested for having a firearm
locked in her checked baggage.

While I'm not into videos, I ended up
having to watch it because I wasn't understanding what her criminal act
was.

While the
video was a bit melodramatic for me, You eventually get a good grasp of
the situation and Mr. Nappen explains things very well. You would think
that after the first four, or is it five, I've lost count, they would
figure it out.

"New
Jersey just keeps adding to its tally of gun-control victims. The
latest: Mia Higginbotham, whose crime was trying to legally transport
her legally owned firearm out of the state. She and her husband
researched the TSA rules and were following the instructions to the
letter of the law. But in the blink of an eye, she found herself
arrested — not charged with a federal crime, but charged with a
second-degree New Jersey felony."

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

The victims were five women and five men, and include various
injuries to their arms, legs, feet, shoulder and one was grazed in the
head; all of the injuries have been reported at not life-threatening at
this time, and all victims have been treated and released. The ages of
the victims range from 16 years old to 29 years old.

“We called in
the GBI Crime Scene Unit to assist us in processing the crime scene
while our investigators responded to area hospitals to interview the
persons shot. The initial incident occurred within the confines of the
building which was occupied according to information received by a very
large crowd,” Smith said. “Our investigators determined through witness
statements that an altercation occurred involving several subjects over
illegal gambling that was taking place in the back portion of the
building.”

The suspected gambling reportedly caused a fight where
weapons were drawn and shots fired. Many of the victims fled the scene
before law enforcement arrived.

South Dakota man is currently in custody after telling
police officers he was shot in the penis by a “black guy” when he
actually shot himself while attempting to purchase a gun illegally.

Convicted felon Donald Anthony Watson, 43, was admitted to a
local emergency room late at night on Sept. 6 for a gunshot wound to
his penis, and told local law enforcement that he had been shot during a
botched robbery.

According to the arrest report, Watson said he was shot by
“a black guy (who) tried to rob” him while he was taking out the trash
at his apartment.

Pressed by police, Watson admitted that he made the story up
and was looking at a handgun he was thinking about buying and placed it
in his pocket where it went off, with the bullet hitting his genitals.

Watson — who refused to tell police where the gun
disappeared to — has been charged with possession of a firearm by a
convicted felon, possession of a firearm by a drug offender, and two
counts of false reports to law enforcement.

Can they do that, charge him with possession of a gun that has disappeared ?

When the assailants attempted to take his truck, a
witness parked at the gas pump started shooting at the men, according to
authorities.Police said he accidentally shot the victim in the head.

Slow clap. Thanks for playing! Next time let them have the goddamn car. It’s easier to get a new car than a new brain.

I love this report not only because it illustrates what I'm always showing - that guns do more harm than good - but that it debunks the long-standing pro-gun lie that only cops do this kind of thing. Civilian gun owners, according to the gun rights fanatics, have never shot the wrong person in an attempted DGU.

U.S. airport security agents discovered a record 67 firearms in
luggage passengers intended to carry on to airplanes during one week in
September, according to the Transportation Security Administration
(TSA).

Of the 67 firearms found during the week ended Sept. 17, 56 were
loaded and 26 had a round in the chamber, the TSA reported. The tally
set a new weekly record. The prior record was 65 firearms found during a
week in May 2013, TSA said.

For the most recent week, ending Sept. 24, TSA said it found 64
firearms in carry-on bags at airports. Of those, 55 were loaded and 22
had a round chambered, TSA said.

In July, new TSA Administrator Peter Neffenger told a congressional
panel that his top priority would be to close security gaps at airport
checkpoints.

Lawmakers opened a U.S. House of Representatives hearing after a
Department of Homeland Security report that found TSA airport screeners
did not detect banned weapons in 67 of 70 tests at dozens of airport
checkpoints.

Maybe our resident math whiz can tell us what the estimate would be based on that little 67 out of 70 stat. And I know he'll follow that with the observation that in spite of all those guns on planes there has been no bad result, presumably showing that guns on planes is a good thing. Well, needless to say, I and many others don't agree.